Millhead F.C. Explained

Clubname:Millhead
Fullname:Millhead Football Club
Ground:Iodine Park
Coordinates:54.1357°N -2.7688°W
League:Westmorland League
Division 3
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Millhead Football Club are a football club based in the village of Millhead, near Carnforth, England.

Millhead have existed since at least the 1920s. As of 2024–25, they play in Division 3 of the Westmorland League.[1]

Iodine Park

Millhead play their home games at Iodine Park. A former gravel pit, the name was acquired in the 1950s due to the wounds received by players from stones in the topsoil: iodine being traditionally used to treat such injuries. GAA club Clanna Gael used to play at a ground with the same nickname, so-called again for its propensity to cause injury.[2]

Junior teams from nearby Warton also play at Iodine Park.[3] [4]

In the 2020 book British Football's Greatest Grounds by Mike Bayly, Iodine Park was voted one of the top grounds to visit in the country.[5] Bayly writes:

Iodine Park has been described as "A National Treasure".[6] Its unusual features led to it be featured on the Spanish football show El día después in 2019.[7] [8] It also featured in a Sky TV documentary called Mission to Burnley.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Millhead . The Football Association.
  2. News: Decade of the Dubs 1950s-1960s . . Eamon . Carr.
  3. Web site: Warton Warriors Football Team . Warton Village.
  4. Web site: Warton Warriors U16 Green . The Football Association.
  5. Book: Bayly, Mike . British Football's Greatest Grounds: One Hundred Must-See Football Venues . Pitch Publishing . 9-781785-316470 . 2020 . 13–14.
  6. Web site: Millhead . The Onion Bag . September 2017.
  7. Web site: 2019-10-28 . 'Iodine Park', el campo del yodo . es . .
  8. News: Spanish camera crew turn up to film Millhead v Marsh clash . 2019-10-14 . Lancaster Guardian.
  9. Web site: Carnforth football team's unique quarryside ground appears on Sky TV . . 2023-08-17 . Ross . Chapman.